i wonder...

[Jimbo]

Hi everyone,

In march i will be travelling by Thomson airlines( going on a cruise and stay), and i will be more than likely be flying on the 767.

Any body know what this aircraft is like? Just wondering thats all as im used to the 757 with thomas cook.

thanks alot, again.

james

[Craig.]

I am not a fan. I had to spend 7 hours on a Delta 767 the leg room was awful and seats were hard. I also did the heathrow schipol route on klm 767 little better room but not so bad with the shorter room. Upto 3 hours its ok though. Quiet though.

[Jimbo]

Thanks....

Oh well, cant complain it was only a cheapy flight!

as for the leg room, if anyone's travelled on a 757 with Thomas Cook it used to be very good leg room, but now the company has decided to add more seats, pitty i liked that aircraft, but there you go!
Either that or my legs have grown!

James

[Hagar]

This depends more on the airline than the aircraft. Some years ago I travelled on a 767 with AA from London to New York. I forget which airports now. I found it very comfortable. There were very few passengers on the outward journey so we each had a row of seats to ourselves. Sheer bliss. It was different coming home as the aircraft was full but I don't remember the legroom being any worse than on any other aircraft I've travelled on. I'm over 6 feet tall with long legs so I notice these things.

I was more worried about crossing the Atlantic on two engines but I'm old-fashioned that way.

[Jimbo]

Ha!  ;)

Well i was watching the program " the flight" on Discovery Wings, and they say a 767 can happily take off and land with one engine, that's what its designed for. Im not sure mid flight ect

James

[Craig.]

the 767 can fly on one engine for quite a while.

[Hagar]

the 767 can fly on one engine for quite a while.

I'm sure it can or they wouldn't allow it to be used for transatlantic flights.

Think I told you this before but it bears repeating & happened just before the trip I mentioned. When I found out we were booked on that 767 I asked one of our company pilots what he thought about it. He was an ex-BA senior captain who had previously flown the 747. He said: "If they made one with 5 engines I would choose that".

Regular twin-engined transatlantic services were relatively new at the time. This naturally didn't do much for my confidence.